Lecture: The City in a Garden, A History of Chicago's Parks

Thursday, March 7, 2013
from
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Chicago Park District historian and preservationist Julia S. Bachrach will present an admission-free overview of her recently published second edition of The City in a Garden, A History of Chicago’s Parks at Warren Park.

FREE LECTURE ON THE SECOND EDITION PUBLICATION OF THE CITY IN A GARDEN, A HISTORY OF CHICAGO’S PARKS. The book illuminates Chicago’s 175-year commitment to its public parks. With historical plans, photographs and drawings, it explores how luminaries such as architect Daniel H. Burnham, landscape architect and conservationist Jens Jensen, and social reformer Jane Addams shaped and in¬fluenced Chicago’s venerable green spaces. The author will share other second edition highlights including recent research, numerous restoration projects, and newly-designed facilities, such as Millennium Park and Palmisano Park. The presentation is sponsored by the Northtown Garden Society. Books will be available to purchase for $30, and a book signing will follow the lecture. Julia Bachrach has served as historian and preservationist for the Chicago Park District for more than 20 years. Bachrach is coauthor of Inspired by Nature: The Garfield Park Conservatory and Chicago’s West Side. The second edition of The City in a Garden is published by Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago and is distributed by the University of Chicago Press.

The Chicago Park District is the largest municipal park manager in the nation and owner of more than 8,100 acres of green space. We invite you to take in a concert or a movie at one of our 580 parks, to expand your horizons by registering for one of our thousands of programs offered throughout our 260 field houses, to get a great workout indoors at one of our state-of-the-art fitness centers, or outdoors along Lake Michigan’s 26 miles of pristine lakefront, or enjoy nature with a peaceful visit.